Theme

Mass Violence is an ineluctable truth of world history, in fact there has never been a time without it. While the international community continues its efforts to prevent it till today, its deterrence has varied immensely from one decade to another and from one geographical region to the other. What causes mass violence and how it can be prevented are questions that continue to trouble us. The varying scales and magnitudes of mass violence have attracted a range of definitions and nomenclatures, like genocide, ethnic cleansing, pogrom, etc., and triggered debates about their usage. The aftermath of mass violence is just as troubling as mass violence itself for it raises the questions of acknowledgement of the event, rehabilitation of the survivors, reconciliation between the perpetrator and the victim, and coming to terms with the harsh reality of memory politics.  Papers from different academic disciplines would be presented at the conference to help us comprehend mass violence and memory with reference to the sub-themes listed below, but certainly not limited to them. Papers that underscore the need for Holocaust and Genocide Education in India would be in sharp focus.

Causes	Warning Signs	Propaganda	State’s connivance or inaction
State’s response	Complicity	Hateful or Inflammatory Speech	Role of the Press and Mass Media
Memorialization	Conflicting Narratives	International Response	Role of the Academia
Cinematic Responses	Literary Responses	Judicial Response	Justification of Violence
	Comparative Studies	Denial or Minimization	Trauma
Reconciliation	Genocide Education/Mass Violence Studies	Resistance to Genocide Education/Mass Violence Studies	Displacement
Rehabilitation	Holocaust/Shoah as point of reference	Mass Atrocities	Challenges of Definition and Nomenclature

 

The conference is being jointly convened by:

• Dr. Rohee Dasgupta, Associate Professor, Jindal Centre for Israel Studies, Jindal School of International Affairs, O P Jindal Global University
• Professor P R Kumaraswamy, Honorary Director, Middle East Institute New Delhi
• Dr Navras Jaat Aafreedi, Honorary Executive Director, Youth Outreach Programme, Society for Social Regeneration & Equity (SSRE)